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13 injured in crash involving military vehicle [Video]

At least 13 persons on board a Toyota commercial vehicle with the registration number CR 1277-21 have sustained severe injuries after a military vehicle...

Abossey Okai, Kokompe spare parts dealers to be relocated

The Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey, has announced plans to relocate traders at the Kokompe and Abossey Okai spare parts markets in...

Galamsey: 49 excavators, 228 changfans, 87 water pumping machines destroyed in Operation Halt

The Defence Minister, Dominic Nitiwul has revealed that a number of 49 excavators, 228 changfans and 87 water pumping machines among other mining equipment...

Speed up dredging works in Owabi river – Otumfuo urges govt

Government has been urged to speed up the dredging of the Owabi River in the Atwima Nwabiagya South District of the Ashanti Region. According to...

Kwaku Baako to bag honorary doctorate degree

The University of Professional Studies, Accra, (UPSA) will confer an honorary doctorate degree on the Editor-In-Chief of the New Crusading Guide Newspaper, Abdul Malik...

Akufo-Addo secures €170 million for new national Bank

The Ministry of Finance and the European Investment Bank have signed an agreement for the provision of a €170 million for the establishment of...

Christian Council clears air on viral video ‘threatening’ Turkish Embassy

The Christian Council of Ghana has disassociated itself from a viral WhatsApp video allegedly threatening the Turkish Embassy in Ghana. The Council has explained the...

Kasoa teen murder: Family bares teeth at AG

The family of 11-year-old Ishmael Mensah, who was killed by two teenagers for money rituals at Kasoa Lamptey, has expressed disappointment in the snail...

Galamsey fight: Denkyira Adaboe residents unhappy with alleged military invasion

Residents of Denkyira Adaboe in the Upper Denkyira West District of the Central Region are unhappy with alleged military attacks in the area. They accused...

Man shoots brother to death after mistaking him for animal

A 57-year-old man has shot and killed his younger brother in a hunting tragedy at Sefwi Ampenkrom, a suburb in the Western North Region. Kwabena...

Three charged over 500 kg of cocaine allegedly imported from Britain

 Australian police on Wednesday said three people were charged as part of an investigation into the alleged importation of half a ton of cocaine...

Aggrieved lab workers at KATH declare sit-down strike

Members of the Ghana Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists (GAMLS) – Komfo Anokye Chapter have declared a sit-down strike with effect from Thursday, 20th...

Nobody is being targeted – Defence Minister on burning of mining equipment

Defence Minister, Dominic Nitiwul, has debunked claims that the burning of mining equipment has been targeted at some people in the country. According to him,...

Blood shortage hits Greater Accra Regional Hospital

There is a shortage of blood at the Greater Accra Regional Hospital. Pregnant women and accident victims have been the most affected with some of...

Father of final year JHS pupil who ‘committed suicide’ suspects foul play

The father of the 14-year-old female pupil, who allegedly committed suicide at Miracle Education Academy, has said he suspects foul play in his daughter's...

Church of Pentecost embarks on another project

The Church of Pentecost (COP) has published the schedule of an ambitious project to plant one million trees in May and June 2021. The Environmental...

Mother and daughter feared dead, another injured in accident at Amanfrom

A woman and her two-year-old daughter are feared dead, with another injured in an accident on the Accra-Kasoa highway. Information gathered indicated that the woman...

Teacher commits suicide at Assin Fosu

A 27-year-old teacher, Catherine Ansah, has allegedly committed suicide in her family home at Assin Fosu. According to Mary Panford, the teacher's grandmother she was...

Family photo of final year JHS pupil who ‘committed suicide’ pops up

A photo of a 14-year-old final year pupil of Miracle Junior High School (JHS) at Barkoniaba, who allegedly committed suicide, has popped. The photo captured...

Unidentified assailant shoots herdsman to death

A Fulani herdsman, identified as Abubakar Bukari, has kicked the bucket after he was shot by a yet-to-be-identified assailant. Mr Bukari is said to have...

How Kufuor met his wife, married at age 23

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has opened up on events that led to his marriage to his wife, Theresa Aba Kufuor. According to him, he...

Govt to dredge Barekese and Owabi rivers

The Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, Cecilia Abena Dapaah, has said plans are far advanced to dredge the Barekese and Owabi Rivers in...

Angry Gomoa chiefs call for demolition of Liberia Camp

Chiefs of Gomoa Fetteh in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region are with immediate effect calling for the demolition of the...

Taskforce set up to halt ‘illegal increase’ in transport fares

A joint taskforce has been set up to ensure compliance with existing transport fares despite the increment in fuel prices. This will still be in...

Last words of man who died after jumping out of moving taxi will break your heart

A man has been confirmed dead after jumping out of a moving taxi on the Bekwai-Awaso highway. Identified as Christopher Antwi, alias Minister, the...

What Attorney-General said after meeting Chief Imam

The Attorney-General (AG), Godfred Yeboah Dame, says the Chief Imam, His Eminence Sheikh Osman Sharubutu plays an important role in ensuring that Ghana remains...

Ursula Owusu announces timeline for sim re-registration

Minister for Communications and Digitalisation, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has announced the sim re-registration exercise will commence in June 2021. The exercise, according to her, forms...

Ghana Armed Forces to conduct anti-terrorism training

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) will from Monday, 24 to Friday, 28 May 2021, conduct an anti-terrorism training exercise code. The exercise dubbed Eagle Claws...

Housemistress opens up after final year JHS pupil ‘committed suicide’

The Housemistress of Miracle Junior High School (JHS) where a 14-year-old final year pupil, Leticia Kyere Pinaman, allegedly committed suicide, has spoken. Speaking on...

3 miners trapped underground at Anglogold Ashanti Obuasi mine

Three miners, believed to be working with AngloGold Ashanti Obuasi mines, are reported to have been trapped in an underground site after the mine...

GARCC, Security agencies begin decongestion of Accra

The Greater Accra Regional Coordinating Council (GARCC), in collaboration with security agencies, Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), Ablekuma Central and Korle Klottey Municipal Assemblies, have...

School Feeding boss sacked

The National Coordinator of the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP), Gertrude Quashiga, has been sacked. This was contained in a statement signed by Minister for...

Bishop Agyinasare shares video from London, says system is working 24/7

Founder and Leader of Perez Chapel International, Bishop Charles Agyinasare, is amazed at the COVID-19 protocols in the United Kingdom. In his view, the system...

Cancel Africa’s debt – Akufo-Addo to Bretton Woods Institutions

President Nana Akufo-Addo is calling for the restructuring of the global financial architecture so it can respond better to the needs of Africa, as...

Contractors who do shoddy work to pay more for maintenance – Roads Minister warns

Roads and Highways Minister, Kwasi Amoako Attah has warned contractors to desist from engaging in shoddy work or risk paying more for maintaining the...

Task Force to check illegal transport fares set up

A joint task force has been set up to ensure compliance with existing transport fares as leadership of the Road Transport Operators continue its...

Expect some symptoms after receiving second Covid-19 jab – GHS to Ghanaians

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has indicated that Ghanaians who are to receive the second dose of the Covid-19 vaccines may experience some side...

Double trouble for alleged baby thief as her pregnancy turns out to be fake

A woman, who is a member of a baby theft syndicate which was busted by the Sefwi Police, has been exposed for faking her...

Mother of final year JHS pupil who ‘committed suicide’ makes damning revelation [Video]

The mother of Leticia Kyere Pinaman, a 14-year-old pupil of Miracle Junior High School (JHS) in Sunyani, who was alleged to have committed suicide,...

Amaliba withdraws as lawyer for Assin North MP in dual citizenship case

Private legal practitioner, Abraham Amaliba, has withdrawn from representing the Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin North in the ongoing dual citizenship case. In November...